Ji Yan was speechless.
Just hearing about this setup made him feel that the [Time Dungeon] was unprecedentedly complex and vast.
If the [Time Dungeon] was the endpoint of the entire Eerie Game, then such a framework did seem to make sense...
Ji Yan looked up at the ceiling and said, "So, what are the rules, main quest, and side quests of the [Time Dungeon]?"
"Why isn't there a prompt panel?"
Future Ji Yan—"I forcibly pulled you in using [The Hanged Man]. From the [Time Dungeon]'s perspective, you aren't a novice player, merely a player who failed a stage and was 'reset' back to the starting point."
"You can gradually familiarize yourself with it as you progress through the dungeon."
Ji Yan let out a long breath and stopped wasting words. "Then let's get straight to the point."
"Everything you've done was to make me save you."
"Tell me, what do I need to do next?"
Future Ji Yan—"The 'shackles' on me can only be severed by myself."
"This is the secondary reason I sought you out."
"The main reason is that the attempt to clear the 'Main Quest' back then ended in disastrous failure because I lacked another 'me' to assist me."
"Only I can be my own strongest helper!"
Ji Yan smiled. "So after I save you, the two of us will join forces and clear this 10th-tier dungeon?"
"What happens when there are two Ji Yans? Is there really no conflict?"
Future Ji Yan—"The collision of paradoxes does not apply in the [Time Dungeon]."
"This dungeon contains all timelines. Here, you and I are merely players named Ji Yan from two different timelines."
"Behind every door, one could say there is a player named Ji Yan, and none of them interfere with one another."
"It's just that